hydromania

English

Etymology

From hydro- +‎ -mania.

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Noun

hydromania (uncountable)

1. A morbid craving for water.
2. An intense attraction to water.
   • 2018, Margaret Cohen, Killian Quigley, The Aesthetics of the Undersea:

     Here, then, are two very different expressions of hydromania, sea-bathing and endurance swimming – the one associated with the pursuit of health, the other with athletic accomplishment; […]

3. (obsolete) A morbid attraction to suicide by drowning.